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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 209064] New: Plasma User Interface Regressions - Add Widget
From:       Brian Shannon <teapot.philosopher () googlemail ! com>
Date:       2009-10-01 4:35:59
Message-ID: bug-209064-17878 () http ! bugs ! kde ! org/
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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=209064

           Summary: Plasma User Interface Regressions - Add Widget
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Compiled Sources
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: plasma-bugs@kde.org
        ReportedBy: teapot.philosopher@googlemail.com


Version:            (using Devel)
Compiler:          g++ (Ubuntu 4.3.3-5ubuntu4) 4.3.3 
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Compiled sources

The new interface for adding widgets has become much more complex than the
previous one. You must now click repeatedly to view all the widgets, you must
hover over each individual icon for a widget to find out what it is and what it
does, not all the categories are immediately visible and mental mapping becomes
irrelevant as you must click left and right rather than seeing and using a
scroll bar.

What this all means is, the widgets become much more difficult to scan, add,
and view categories of.

In the video below, a leading expert on usability explains terrible interface
design and how it can be improved. At around 13:25, he describes and presents
an awful interface which resembles the new Add Widget. I recommend the whole
video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuELwq2ThJE

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